Christians and Chiefs in Zimbabwe

A Social History of the Hwesa People, 1870s -1990s

David Maxwell (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

1999
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7486-1130-0 (ISBN)

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This is the fascinating social history of a remote chiefdom in Zimbabwe. The book focuses on the religion and politics of the area, describing how the Hwesa people adapted the Christianity that the missionaries brought to found their own popular Christianity, pitted against local notions of evil. It also examines the role of the chief, challenging the idea that the they were no more than colonial stooges.Key Features*Original and perceptive writing from a prominent Africanist historian*Fresh body of new data, challenging conventional wisdom

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.1.1999
Reihe/Serie	International African Library
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	596 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7486-1130-4 / 0748611304
ISBN-13	978-0-7486-1130-0 / 9780748611300
Zustand	Neuware